Cuff attachment and method of making same



March 19, 1957 A. E. WAGAR CUFF ATTACHMENT AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME Fil-ed June 18, 1954 INVENTOR ALBERT E. WAGAR A? new FIGJI ATTORNEY CUFF ATTACHMENT D METHOD OF MAKING "SAME .Albert E. Wagar, Albany, .N. Y., assignor to Cluett, Peabody & Co., Inc., Troy, N. 'Y., a corporation of New York This invention relates to cuifs for garments, and more particularly to their construction and the manner of their attachment to sleeve ends.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved cuff for attachment to a shirt sleeve, which may be used as either a barrel calf or the type which may be worn with cuff links, which will resemble in appearance to some extent the folded back or French type of cuff, which will be permanently attached to the sleeve in the manner in which it is to be Worn, which requires a minimum of material and a minimum number of manufacturing operations, and which will be attractive in appearance, and relatively simple, practical and inexpensive in construction.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved method of making cuffs of this type, and attaching them to the free end of the sleeve, which requires a minimum of manufacturing operations, which may be performed rapidly and easily, and according to which the cuff is substantially completed before it is attached to the sleeve end.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description of several embodiments of the in vention, and novel features will be particularly pointed out hereinafter in connection with the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. l is an. outside elevation of one end of a shirt sleeve, having attached thereto a cuif constructed in accordance with this invention, and by the practice of the improved method;

Fig. 2 is an inside elevation of a sleeve end with attached cuff, with the cuff opened straight out;

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the cuff before it is attached to the sleeve end, one cuff end being turned over uponthe other to expose to view both sides of the cuff;

Fig. 4 is a plan of the superposed lining and face layers of woven fabric, which may be used in forming the cuff, and after the superposed face and lining layers of the cuff have had their marginal strip portions turned inwardly to represent an intermediate step in the formation of the cuff;

Figs. 5 to 8 inclusive are plans of a corner of the superposed layers of Fig. 4 and illustrating the sequence of steps of turning in the marginal edge portions of the superposed fabric layers;

Fig. 9 is a sectional elevation through a part of the cuff and sleeve end after attachment of the cuff, the section being taken approximately along the line 9-9 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 10 is a sectional elevation of another part of the cuff at the button hole, the section being taken approximately along the line l9-19 of Fig. 2;

Fig. It is a sectional elevation of another part of the end, the section being taken approximately along the line 111l. of Fig. 2.

Referring first to the embodiment of the invention referred to in Figs. 1 to 11, the cuff 1 is shown as attached to the free end 2 of a sleeve by means of a line of stitching 3. This sleeve has the usual sleeve opening or placket United States PatentO .4 at the end attached to theculf. '{Ihe cuff .1..before;.its

.ing the cuff isillustrated, in.accordance with-which.superposed layers of woven fabricsS and Garedisposed inface to face contact, and these layerstarepreferablycbutmot necessarily approximately coextensive in facearea. The

lining layer dis disposed upononefaceoftheface-ldYer 5, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5,.andpreferablythe corners of thelining layerat the upper edge are -cut.otfobliguely asat 7, see Fig. 5. One then turns .the .uppercornerstof the face layer 5 inwardlyand over upon the .-.lining;layer by turning those corners overvtheiobliguecdges 7., so.-as to lie upon the lining .layer=6.a s shownin Fig. 6. -Qne then turns the side .marginal portion of sthe superposed layers along the line A--A of Fig. 6, at each side, over upon the exposed face of the lining layer 6, into the position shown in Fig. 7. One next turns the upper marginal edge along the line BB of Fig. 7, to bring the upper marginal strip area or marginal portion over against the exposed face of the lining layer 6, as shown in Fig. 8. The lower marginal edge portion of the superposed layer is turned upwardly and inwardly against the lining layer as shown in Fig. 4, and this is preferably but not necessarily done before the side marginal portions are turned inwardly. This produces an article as shown in Fig. 4 in which the two layers of woven fabrics are in superposed relation with some of the marginal edges turned inwardly against the lining layer, which serves to confine the lining layer against the face layer.

One next folds these superposed face and lining layers, with the marginal edges turned inwardly, upon a common transverse fold line C-C which is preferably slightly to one side of a transverse median line D D. During this folding the lining layer is kept innermost. This provides two arms 8 and 9 connected at the line of fold 10, see Fig. 3. The end edges of the superposed arms are next connected together, such as by lines of stitching 11 which extend from approximately the line of fold 10 along each side or end of the culf to the marginal edges of the arms which are opposite from the fold line 10. I find it advantageous to also apply a line of stitching 12 to the turned in edge of the face lining on the longer arm 9, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. This line of stitching 12 is not absolutely essential.

The arms 3 and 9 along their marginal edges opposite from the fold line 10, are separated and the free end of the sleeve 2 disposed between these separated arms so as to extend between the arms for their full width, and then a line of stitching 13 is applied to the free ends of the arms so as to stitch the arms together along the marginal edge portions opposite from the fold line 10, from one end of the cuff to the other, this stitching passing through not only both arms and their inturned marginal edges, but also the end of the sleeve which is received between the arms. The sleeve end 2 directly abuts the face layer of the cuff along the inturned margins of the face layer for the full width of the sleeve end. Button holes 14 may be applied to one or both ends of the cuff, as shown in Figs. 1 to 3, but one of these button holes is omitted when the cult is used as a barrel type cufi in which case the omitted button hole is replaced with a standard button. It will be observed that the cuff is completely formed before it is attached to the sleeve end 2, and the attachment operation is merely applying the single line of stitching 13 across the sleeve end.

It will be understood that various changes in the details and arrangements of parts, which have been herein described and illustrated in order to explain the nature of the invention, may be made by those skilled in the art within the principle and scope of the invention as expressed in the appended claim.

I claim:

A method of assembling a simulated folded back type of cuff prior to attachment to a sleeve and, thereinafter, attaching the cuff to the sleeve with but a single line of stitching, comprising superposing a substantially rectangular single fabric face layer and a coextensive single fabric lining layer, turning the marginal edge portions of both layers inwardly upon the lining layer so as to confine the lining layer to the face layer, folding said turned layers upon a transverse line with the lining layer innermost to provide two superposed arms of different lengths connected at the fold line, the longer of the two arms defining the outer surface of the cuff, thereinafter and prior to attachment of the cuff to the sleeve, stitching at least one end of said turned and folded superposed arms together and forming button holes through both end portions of the superposed arms to hold the arms in the folded relationship, temporarily separating the two arms of the assembled cutf opposite said fold line in such a manner as to provide between the separated arms a symmetrical sleeve receiving opening having an equal number of plies on each side thereof, thereinafter inserting the free end of the sleeve in said sleeve receiving opening with the sleeve end abutting directly upon the face layers of both of said arms where the inturned marginal edge portions of the arms are folded inwardly adjacent the ends of said superposed arms, and then stitching together the superposed arms and the inserted sleeve end with but a single line of stitching.

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